DarkSnakeKobra Posted October 28, 2010 ID:335214 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Does anyone know if you can recover files from a formatted flash drive? I accidentally selected the wrong one for making a bootable ubuntu install. Running Recuva quick to see if it finds anything. That thing has all my passwords on it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldheart Posted October 28, 2010 ID:335314 Share Posted October 28, 2010 I was just about to suggest running Recuva, but it seems you've beaten me to it. That said, if you've formatted the drive, the files may well be gone forever. However, keep trying with Recuva and hopefully it'll find them buried deep down somewhere. Good luck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yardbird Posted October 28, 2010 ID:335316 Share Posted October 28, 2010 @ ButtonsDo what I do and back up mirror copies on some other Flash Drives, if one goes down, reach for the other. Read an FAQ. on a site with your prob. http://www.snapfiles.com/freeware/system/fwdatarecovery.HTML I did not get a chance to read it in depth at all, scroll down to the 5th DOWNLOAD EASEUS Deleted File Recovery enables you to recover files that have been accidentally deleted, even after they have been emptied from the recycle bin or were deleted directly from another program. An easy to use 3-step wizard interface guides you through the process of selecting the drive to be scanned and lets you preview and select the files to be recovered. The program supports thumbnail previews for common image formats and hex or text previews for other data types.Thats as far as I got before I got several Interruptions - never read any further, let me know if it was of any help...regards...OOPS sorry I just saw this: The program cannot recover files that have been formatted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldheart Posted October 28, 2010 ID:335320 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Buttons, in Recuva's main window, select Options... (or Alt+O), then click on the Actions tab and check the following (if they are not already checked, that is):Show securely overwritten filesDeep Scan (increases scan time)Scan for non-deleted files (for recovery from damaged or reformatted disks)With these scanning options enabled, you should be able to find the files you're looking for on your formatted drive. It's not guaranteed, of course - but it's the best chance you've got of recovering them (in Recuva, at least).Hope this helps. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefox Posted October 28, 2010 ID:335506 Share Posted October 28, 2010 I use GetData Back or BadCopy Pro for doing that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkSnakeKobra Posted October 28, 2010 Author ID:335691 Share Posted October 28, 2010 I tried bad copy pro which didn't find the file I was looking for. Did a password reset on all affected accounts and created new ones. Fortunately I have print out of some older ones leaving out a small number of lost ones. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkSnakeKobra Posted October 28, 2010 Author ID:335697 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Didn't find anything after enabling the extra options. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin AdvancedSetup Posted October 28, 2010 Root Admin ID:335750 Share Posted October 28, 2010 I've used quite a few of these utilities and I have to say this one seems to be one of the best (Firefox suggested it already)GetDataBackAssuming it was NTFS, if not then they also have a FAT32 version. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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